Are there ramping streets or staired streets in your city?
By Zhu Huifen
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
China
March 15, 2009 9:20am CST
I used to live in a city in northeast China, where there are a lot of ramping streets, very tough for bicyclers. A southwest city Chongqing is famous for its staired streets, so that cars are much less popular there.
Are there ramping streets or staired streets in your city? I see photos of such places, usually with old houses on both sides. They must be special appeal for travelling.
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@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
15 Mar 09
I studied in the Netherlands for four months when I was in my twenties. It has lots of excellent cycle tracks that are traffic free. Even on the roads the local drivers are very careful indeed not to knock over a cyclist. There are beautiful canals and I was cycling one wet afternoon and my bike slipped on one of the wooden bridges. I fell off my bike and bumped my head. In my home country I wear a helmet but in the Netherlands I didn't think that I needed to. I have seen bikes having difficulty crossing tram lines in cities like Amsterdam and further away from home in Melbourne.
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